Re: Gene Meador Packard Dealership - San Antonio

Posted by Guscha On 2023/5/11 15:45:37

John (John Brinegar), follow the links shown below, please, to find the one or another little information puzzle pieces.

- waymarking.com
- city-data.com
- mysapl.org
- facebook.com
- arklatexpackards.blogspot.com

Quotation (arklatexpackards.blogspot.com):

"Wendell Hawkins Packard, Inc. was located at the corner of Milam and Hadley in Houston, Texas. Prior to Mr. Hawkins’ sales agreement with Packard, the building (which had been built in the early 1920s) served as the Earl North Buick Company. Gene Meador had just retired his Packard dealership (located several blocks away from Milam and Hadley) which paved the way for Hawkins to step in as Houston’s Packard dealer. ...
The main reason Packard failed according to Wendell was that “mostly wealthy, old men” were in charge of many Packard dealerships during the ‘40s through ‘50s and “they were not aggressive enough.” One example of what he meant was dealer Gene Meador who paid cash for his cars and would never discount them. The cars sat on the showroom floor until a customer came along who was willing and able to pay full price."